About number and composition population of AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001

The results of the All-Ukrainian census of the population testified to the tendency to the rise of the educational standard of the population and the increase in the number of people with higher and secondary education:

Number of persons with education:

higher

secondary

Total

including
complete higher education

Total

including
complete secondary education

Permanent population aged 10 and older thousand person

1989

535.0

178.9

1098.0

464.6

2001

622.0

235.1

1134.9

584.9

2001 as %
to 1989

116.3

131.4

103.4

125.9

Per 1000 permanent persons aged 10 and older:

Total population

1989

311.0

104.0

638.0

270.0

2001

345.0

131.0

630.0

325.0

2001 as %
to 1989

110.9

126.0

98.7

120.4

Urban population

1989

376.0

134.0

585.0

269.0

2001

416.0

170.0

568.0

311.0

2001 as %
to 1989

110.6

126.9

97.1

115.6

Rural
population

1989

189.0

48.0

736.0

272.0

2001

228.0

65.0

733.0

347.0

2001 as % to
1989

120.6

135.4

99.6

127.6

The number of people with higher and complete secondary education accounted for 1206.9 thousand people, that exceeds by 20.7% the corresponding characteristic of the census of the population ‘1989.

The rise of the educational standard of the population is typical of both urban and rural population. The number of persons with complete higher education per 1000 persons of the population in specified age since 1989 has increased by 26.9% in city and by 27.6% in the villages.